plain dealing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plain dealing
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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John Lewis is one of Britain's stronger retail chains and has a reputation for plain dealing.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2019
Mann offered to tattoo the words on Diamond's knuckles – at which point, Diamond said: "Honesty, integrity, and plain dealing are the way I have behaved through out my entire career."
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
Mann asked Diamond about the three founding Quaker principles, which the former chief executive did not appear to know were "honesty, integrity and plain dealing".
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
The people had learned to listen when he spoke, and, in a world half-succumbed to counsels of expediency or despair, had been encouraged and renewed by his faith in freedom and plain dealing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diognetus taught me tobear freedom and plain dealing in others, and gave me a taste for philosophy.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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